Government of IndiaThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion Part III: The Dying God
Author: Frazer, J.G.
Keywords: J.G Frazer, Ancient societies, God, violent deaths, man-god, religion and magic
Issue Date: 1912
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Description: This is the third part of Frazer’s ‘study in magic and religion’, and it is called ‘The Dying God’. In this book the author focuses on the issue of violent deaths of human representatives of God at the hands of their successors in the societies of ancient times. In his work, the author primarily tries to engage with the ways in which the religious practices of the ancient times connected human beings with their surroundings, and the role of magic and imagination therein. There are a total of eight chapters in this book.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Frazer, J.G. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-25T09:18:12Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-25T09:18:12Z |
| dc.description | This is the third part of Frazer’s ‘study in magic and religion’, and it is called ‘The Dying God’. In this book the author focuses on the issue of violent deaths of human representatives of God at the hands of their successors in the societies of ancient times. In his work, the author primarily tries to engage with the ways in which the religious practices of the ancient times connected human beings with their surroundings, and the role of magic and imagination therein. There are a total of eight chapters in this book. |
| dc.date.issued | 1912 |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xii, 305 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Macmillan, London |
| dc.subject | J.G Frazer, Ancient societies, God, violent deaths, man-god, religion and magic |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1911 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001462 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Frazer, J.G. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-25T09:18:12Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-25T09:18:12Z |
| dc.description | This is the third part of Frazer’s ‘study in magic and religion’, and it is called ‘The Dying God’. In this book the author focuses on the issue of violent deaths of human representatives of God at the hands of their successors in the societies of ancient times. In his work, the author primarily tries to engage with the ways in which the religious practices of the ancient times connected human beings with their surroundings, and the role of magic and imagination therein. There are a total of eight chapters in this book. |
| dc.date.issued | 1912 |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xii, 305 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Macmillan, London |
| dc.subject | J.G Frazer, Ancient societies, God, violent deaths, man-god, religion and magic |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1911 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001462 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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